Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: On Page 11 of this Report, there is an audit trail of Kshs8.9 million showing movement of money to an officer by the name Ezekiel Owuor, who was a very senior manager at Chase Bank at the time these transactions were made. It does not take a neurosurgeon to construe the picture that Mr. Ezekiel Owuor was probably receiving the Kshs8.9 million as his cut for facilitating the theft. This was not corruption. It was outright theft. It was daylight unarmed robbery. They went scot-free. Today, this officer has moved from Chase Bank to head one of the most efficient ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: That brings me to my second concern, which has been articulated by the Chair. There are the National Treasury regulations on how Government agencies, parastatals and Ministries should invest their surplus funds. There is a trail of transactions involving public funds in billions of shillings at Chase Bank, Imperial Bank, Dubai Bank and many other banks which have collapsed in this country. If you go through the accounts of Imperial Bank and Chase Bank, which have collapsed, you will find a string of Government parastatals and agencies which have put huge deposits there. Some of them are in billions of ... view
• 17 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The other question is the commitment of our investigative agencies in terms of the turnaround time for investigations and prosecution. I mentioned that from the time this Report was tabled, we had a lot of time to investigate. I hope the investigative agencies will move with speed. They do not have to wait for this House to adopt the Report because there is clear evidence of outright theft of public funds. They should move with speed to make sure that this case serves as a very good example. About 60 per cent of our youth, from whom we have stolen ... view
• 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to seek your guidance in relation to something you have just said. In view of the Motion that we have just passed, I do not intend to take the House back. Indeed, a Member of this House who has been sitting on the Speaker’s Panel might have been drawing responsibility allowances through the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). Being a House that is charged with the responsibility of overseeing Government and public expenditure, I seek your guidance whether the PSC that you chair, is in order to pay sitting allowances or responsibility allowances to a Member who ... view
• 28 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: remember also that at the beginning of this term in 2013, we were confronted with the same problem when setting up the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Public Investments Committee (PIC). This is a pointer to the Parliamentary Select Committee on electoral reforms and to some of the things that we should do as a country. We should make sure that we consult with those who do not sit in this House. Maybe we can get ways to see that those who lose presidential elections sit in this House and become the Leader of the Minority Party, like Hon. ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have heard what Hon. Olago has said and I strongly object to the insinuation that we should not even discuss this matter which is weighty The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: as he has said. Article 124 of our Constitution is very clear that each House of Parliament may establish committees and shall make Standing Orders for the orderly conduct of its proceedings. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The core of this matter is “orderly conduct of business”. Do we as a House want to conduct business in an orderly way? If we do, we should appreciate that we want to conduct business in an orderly way. Because courts have their way of conducting business within the chambers, no Member of this House can ever interfere with the conduct of orderly business in court. That is why when I got to court to listen to cases, I do not sit on the bench where other learned counsel like Hon. Olago sit or on the magistrate’s bench. view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: The issue that has been brought to you by the Leader of the Majority Party is so weighty and I tend to agree with what has been said. You would rather vacate your sit and allow a judge to come and sit there and tell us how to conduct business in this House. I remember in my high school, every single day in the morning we prayed that we may grow up to be men who are strong in body, mind and character. When I came to this House and learnt that there were Standing Orders that guide the orderly ... view
• 5 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, without any fear of contradiction, I agree with those who say we have an option of bringing a substantive Motion to the Floor of the House to discuss particular judicial officers who have a history of walking all over this country interfering with the independence of other arms of Government. A lot has been said about the orderly conduct of business within Parliament and particularly the establishment of committees of this House. We have a committee established under the Standing Orders, the Committee on Powers and Privileges and nothing stops any Member of this House including Hon. Wandayi. I ... view